Idaho

Arthur Rothstein Idaho Photograph

Arthur Rothstein Idaho Photograph   Arthur Rothstein made some of the most significant documentary photographs ever taken of rural and small-town America. These images were created during his years traveling throughout the nation on assignment for the US Farm Security Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New

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Early Jewish Idaho Officeholders

Early Jewish Idaho Officeholders     State/Territorial Legislators   Charles Himrod (1842-1920), Territorial House, 1872, and Territorial Council, 1886. County Commissioners   Meyers Cohn  (1844-1927), Oneida, 1908-1912.   Charles Himrod, Ada, 1905-1908.   Treasurers    Charles Himrod, Ada County, 1870-71, 1881-1882.   Henry Seligman (1848-1876), Silver City,

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Joseph De Lamar: Sea Captain and African Trader, Mining Multi-Millionaire, Idaho State Senator, Generous Education Benefactor

Joseph De Lamar Values Codes I – E – L – P Joseph De Lamar (1843-1918) was born in Amsterdam. His father, of Moroccan descent, died in 1847, leaving a widow and eight children, including four-year-old Joseph.   Along the Way . . . At a young

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Congregation Beth Israel/Ahavath Beth Israel of Boise, Idaho

Congregation Beth Israel   Congregation Beth Israel’s first meeting was held at the home of Moses Alexander, early in 1895. The Charter Members were: Moses Alexander, L. Baukofsky, David Cohen, David Falk, Leo Falk, Nathan Falk, Sigmond Falk, Julius Grunbaum, Leo P. Grunbaum, Max Hardman, Ben Heymanson,

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Moses Alexander: Jewish Governor of Idaho

Moses Alexander Values Codes I – E – L   Moses Alexander was born in 1853, in Obrigheim, Bavaria, the youngest of a family of eight children Moses Alexander came to United States at 14 years of age, selling newspapers in New York City. In New York, he

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Meyer Cohn: Early Jewish Agriculturalist of Marsh Valley, Idaho

Meyer Cohn Values Codes I – E – L   Meyer Cohn was born in 1844 in Schweutz, West Prussia. He came to the United States in 1865 as a young man of 21.   Along the way . . .  After spending time in New York, Meyer

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